husbandly
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- husbandliness noun
- unhusbandliness noun
Example Sentences
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That same set of English common law customs that confined married women under the promise of husbandly protection also provided women with the legal ability to terminate their pregnancies.
From Salon • Oct. 13, 2024
While there’s humor in Nick’s jealousy of his rich and handsome competitor, Sandler laces it with a feeling of threatened ego and husbandly pridefulness.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023
He could see Aubrey’s husbandly frown as a wisp of her hair touched his cheek.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2013
I can imagine Brand's tweet coming from a place of pure husbandly love.
From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2011
I understand almost all the Netherlands battlefields have already given up their bones to British husbandly; why not the old English next?
From Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 by Wright, William Aldis
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